T.J. Miller denies bullying ex-Silicon Valley co-star

From Digital Spy

Silicon Valley's T.J. Miller has denied accusations from former co-star Alice Wetterlund that he bullied her on the set of the HBO comedy series.

Wetterlund went public with a litany of complaints about Miller's conduct on the set of Silicon Valley last month, calling him a "bully and petulant brat" who was "enabled" in his "unprofessionalism" by the men in power and the "male cast members".

"They can f**k off forever," she added in a string of tweets explaining why she was opposed to Miller possibly rehabbing his image.

Miller, who has been at the centre of numerous controversies since leaving Silicon Valley, did not directly address Wetterlund's claims at the time, but did address them this week during an appearance on Jim Norton and Sam Roberts's Sirius XM radio show.

"She may have had that experience, but it's people trying to enter the headlines and get into the media cycle," he told the radio hosts. "It was not my experience that anyone was bullying her or being mean to her."

In turn, he countered that Wetterlund - who played programmer Carla Walton - was difficult to work with: "Truthfully, I felt like it was difficult to work with her because she kept interrupting Zach Woods… during takes and even when she was off camera.

"Obviously, there was some sort of disconnect because she's saying these negative things about me and then attacking the mostly all-male cast of Silicon Valley."

(Alice Wetterlund in Silicon Valley)

Miller has been involved in several other controversies that he claims have been blown out of proportion recently as well.

The comedian denied historic sexual assault allegations dating back to his college years in December and was arrested in April for allegedly phoning in a fake bomb threat on an Amtrak Train.

"It's just a confusing time right now because there's so much anger and [people] don't know where to fire," Miller said this week of the media. "I've been talking about the Internet in general turning the world into high school, where gossip is immediately true.

"There's no court of law… any time you get into the he-said-she-said stuff, you get into a difficult grey area because there's no proof either way but people love to bully and mob mentality is very easy to get into."

When Wetterlund initially came forward, her former bosses at HBO told Digital Spy in a statement: "While this is the first time we have heard Alice Wetterlund comment on her experiences on Silicon Valley, we are disappointed to learn of her concerns.

"HBO and the producers have always taken very seriously our responsibility to create a welcoming and congenial environment for everyone who works on the show."

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